HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 06171997 - 97-23 ORDINANCE NO. 97- 23
(ZONING ADMINISTRATOR)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the
enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I . SUMMARY.
This ordinance amends Article 26-2 . 12 to allow the zoning
administrator to appoint deputy zoning administrators for various
regions of the unincorporated area and to hear specified or all of
the matters covered by Contra Costa County Ord. Code § 26-2 . 1204 .
SECTION II . Article 26-2 . 12 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended to read:
ARTICLE 26-2 . 12
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
26-2 . 1202 Zoning Administrator - Designation. The community
development director is designated as the zoning administrator,
except that the director may appoint in writing one or more deputy
zoning administrators, and may assign to each deputy zoning
administrator one or more of the zoning administrator' s powers and
duties set forth in section 26-2 . 1204 . The director may further
assign deputy zoning adminstrators to act on matters within limited
or specified geographical areas, including special districts,
school districts and within the geographical boundaries of agencies
and authorities governed by the Board of Supervisors. (Ords .
97- 2,3-, § 2, ) (Ord. 1975 : prior code § 2201 . 50 : Ord. 917) .
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26-2 . 1204 Zoning administrator and deputy zoning adminis-
trators - Powers and duties. Unless otherwise provided by this
code, the zoning administrator and deputy zoning administrators,
consistent with the scope of and to the extent specified by the
community development director in their appointment, shall
(1) Hear and decide all applications for variance permits,
including off-street parking and loading requirements,
highway setback requirements and sign requirements .
Further, the zoning administrator shall review and decide
all site, development, elevations, off-street parking and
loading and landscaping plans and drawings, and plans and
drawings for location, size and design of signs. Where
matters covered by this paragraph are requested with the
filing of a tentative minor subdivision map, the entire
application shall be considered by the division charged
with reviewing the map;
(2) Hear and decide all requests for conditional use
permits (also referred to as land use permits) ;
(3) Be part of the advisory agency for the purpose of
passing on minor subdivision and tentative maps as
specified in Title 9 of this code;
(4) Hear and decide all applications or requests for
proposed entitlements estimated to generate less than one
hundred peak hour trips;
(5) Hear and make recommendations regarding proposed
development agreements when such agreements are processed
separately from the. development project applications; and
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(6) Hear and act on such other matters as specifically
assigned by ordinance or board resolution or order.
(Ords . 97- 23 , § 2 ; 92-73 § 3 : 92-66 § 3 , 1992 : 91-50 §
3 , 77-33 § 8 , 1975 : prior code § 2202 . 50 : Ord. 917) .
26-2 . 1206 Referrals. The zoning administrator or deputy
zoning administrator may on his or her own motion without prior
notice or hearing refer any of the matters covered by Section 26-
2 . 1204 to the planning commission for hearing, consideration and
initial decision. (Ords . 97- 23 § 2; 77-33 § 9)
SECTION III . Effective Date .
This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and
within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names
of supervisors, voting for and against it in theContra Costa Times
a newspaper published in this County.
PASSED ON June 17, 1997 by the following vote :
AYES : SuEervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla, DeSaulnier
NOES : No e
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
. the Board and County Administrator
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By: 4L'C��
Deputy Board Chair.
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